Gael is married to actor Andrew Lincoln, currently shooting more episodes of the award-winning zombie thriller, The Walking Dead playing now on a television near you.His hobbies include the growing of many varieties of hot chile peppers, the study and conservation of the 26 species of small wildcats of the world and the appreciation of mechanical watches, fountain pens and vintage cameras. Anderson was known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo".Anderson already wished to start a solo career in 1980, when Jethro Tull was going to take a break after In the 1990s he began working with simple bamboo flutes. Tull formed in 1968 out of the amalgamation of the John Evan Band and McGregor’s Engine, two blues-based local UK groups.After undertaking more than 3000 concerts in 40 countries throughout five decades, Tull has played typically 100-plus concerts each year to longstanding, as well as new fans worldwide. Released in 2017, the classically inspired album “Jethro Tull – The String Quartets” with the Carducci Quartet reached number one in the Billboard Classical Charts.In recent years, he has toured more and more under his own name in solo concerts with orchestras, string quartets, featured soloists and in his other eclectic acoustic shows. Anderson spent the first part of his childhood in Edinburgh. He still keeps a couple of off-road competition motorcycles, a few sporting guns and a saxophone which he promises never to play again.He declares a lifelong commitment to music as a profession, being far too young to hang up his hat or his flute, although the tights and codpiece have long since been consigned to some forgotten bottom drawer.He declares a lifelong commitment to music as a profession, being far too young to hang up his hat or his flute, although the tights and codpiece have long since been consigned to some forgotten bottom drawer. So far, no pretender to the throne has stepped forward. The official website of Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson, featuring latest news, tour dates, an in-depth discography, archive content and much more! In a more progressive rock context he recorded “Thick As A Brick 2” in 2012 and “Homo Erraticus” in 2014. His father, James Anderson, ran the RSA Boiler Fluid Company in East Port, Dunfermline. Anderson said that around this time his daughter began taking flute lessons and noticed his fingering was incorrect, prompting him to relearn the flute with the right fingering.In 2011, with the end of Jethro Tull touring, and the question of his friend In September 2017, Anderson announced plans for a tour to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of On 2 January 2018, Ian Anderson published a New Year post on jethrotull.com, including a picture of Anderson with the caption "IA in the studio working on a new album for release March 2019. Furthermore, Jimmy said that Jethro Tull’s frontman Ian is a great songwriter and shared his admiration for him. Released in 2017, the classically inspired album Jethro Tull The String Quartets with the Carducci … Initially playing blues rock and jazz fusion, the band later developed their sound to incorporate elements of hard rock and folk to forge a progressive rock signature. The Washington Post 22 November 1997: B6.


WP Company LLC D/b/a The Washington Post. Concerts scheduled for 2019/20 will also feature some new work as well as the reprise of some surprise earlier Jethro Tull repertoire, unplayed for many years.Anderson lives on a farm in the southwest of England where he has a recording studio and office. In a more progressive rock context he recorded Thick As A Brick 2 in 2012 and Homo Erraticus in 2014.